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• PAMELA MAAT, Scheerwolde, Overijssel, Nederland
• Nathaniel Lee Ballou († 1998)
• Jeroen de Beurs, Amsterdam

• Bartus van den Brink (97), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Antonia Maria van der Made (69), Achthuizen
• Antonia Maria van der Maden (69), ,, Achthuizen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Maes(S)en (87), Horst
• Beatrice Alice Scrimshaw (84), Alameda, California, United States
• Beret Marie Johnsdatter Bratland Bratli (95), Nordli, Nord-Trøndelag, Norge
• Adolf Soyka (74)
• Anna Quinn (67), Den Haag
• Agatha Christina Cornelia van der Zwaan (89), Waddinxveen
• Antonia Maria van der Maden (69), Achthuizen

• 1978 » Gary, South Korean rapper and producer
• 1980 » Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1981 » Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
• 1981 » Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• 1981 » Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 » Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 » Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
• 1982 » Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
• 1982 » Nick Blackburn, American baseball player

• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
• 1990 » Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Hendrik
8. Maarten
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Willem
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Marieke
6. Johanna
7. Anna
8. Jessica
9. Wendy
10. Suzanne
11. Jennifer
12. Judith
13. Sarah
14. Sandra
15. Laura
16. Elisabeth

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
• January 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
• May 13 » Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
• May 24 » Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
• August 3 » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
• November 30 » Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
• December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.

The temperature on February 24, 1981 was between -4.2 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.